http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T01:00:48Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/accor%20hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/13/71047/3075 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/accorvietnam.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>No time to twiddle your thumbs on this one: today is the last day of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Accor%20Hotels"><b>Accor</b></a> sale on various hotels in gorgeous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/Asia/vn"><b>Vietnam</b></a>.<p>Similar to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/17/03140/2002/hotels/Accor_Tempting_Us_With_Three_Day_Sale_in_Oz_Kiwiland_and_Asia">Australasia-wide sale</a> Accor had going a few months ago, this one just runs for a few days, and the rates they're offering are up to <b>50% off </b>standard. <p>The deals work like this: at every <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Novotel%20Hotels">Novotel</a> in Vietnam &#151; that includes the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Novotel+Dalat/ian/181985"><b>Novotel Dalat</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Novotel+Nha+Trang/ian/277181"><b>Novotel Nha Trang</b></a> &#151; the rates are just $45 a night across the country. At fancier Accor properties like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Mercure+La+Veranda/ian/249493"><b>Grand Mercure Phu Quoc</b></a>or the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/La+Residence+Hotel+And+Spa/ian/235126"><b>La Residence Hue</b></a>, there's a flat rate of $75 a night in amandak 2009-07-13T08:59:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/30/8345/84310 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Pullman_Percy_Paris.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Hotel technology doesn't get much better than a hotel room that you can open using your cell phone, does it? Well, it sure turns us on and it's already a reality at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pullman+Paris+Bercy/local/1483">Pullman Paris Bercy</a></b>, an <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/accor hotels">Accor hotel</a> that serves as a home-base for testing rooms from the chain's Innovation and Design unit.<p>You can actually book the test rooms or you might just be lucky to end up in one. As well as cell phone key technology (so far it only works from Samsung phones), there is a high tech shower with glass that turns from clear to opaque at the flick of a switch as well as having different lighting options while amandak 2009-03-31T09:01:29-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/17/03140/2002 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Accor_Logo.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Accor%20Hotels"><b>Accor Hotels</b></a> in the Asia Pacific are getting ready for a three-day sale--they say there'll be a million rooms in 250 hotels up for grabs at rates discounted by more than 75%. The sale runs from February 24 to 26 and is for stays between April and July.<p>This region includes Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and includes a bunch of hotel chains that are all branded to Accor: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Novotel%20Hotels">Novotel</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Mercure%20Hotels">Mercure</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Ibis%20Hotels">Ibis</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/All%20Seasons%20Hotels">All Seasons</a> are among them.<p>Right now at the <a href="http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/promotion/specials/coming-soon.shtml">super sale website</a> all you can see is a tantalizing "Coming soon", but we'll be there early on February 24. We're after an Adelaide hotel room in May and we'll let amandak 2009-02-17T10:31:00-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/31/213458/76 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/menzieshotel.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Just before Sydney <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/4/42341/4816/hotels/Sydney_Hotels_Filling_Up_Fast_for_New_Year_s_Eve">went mad</a> with its annual New Year's Eve fireworks, we snuck into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Menzies+Sydney/ian/108209"><b>Menzies Hotel</b></a> quite pleased with a last minute rate of just A$110 ($75) a night; the average rack rate is more like A$250 so don't expect bargain prices like that all the time.<p>The Menzies belongs to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/accor%20hotels">Accor</a> gang of hotels and seems to live up to its four stars. Friendly service seemed the order of the day, even if the concierge team weren't really too clued up on the info we'd expect them to know like basic ferry timetables and routes. At least they admitted their failings in that friendly Aussie way we love.<p>The rooms were comfy amandak 2009-01-05T12:58:20-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/22/11543/287 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Pullman_Hotel_Sydney.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>We mentioned last month that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/17/5231/65912/hotels/Sydney_s_Loading_Up_On_Hotel_Rooms">Sydney was stocking up on hotel rooms</a>, including the opening of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pullman+At+Sydney+Olympic+Park/ian/268098"><b>Pullman at Sydney Olympic Park</b></a>--the first five-star hotel outside of central downtown in Sydney.<p>Now that the Pullman is properly up and running we're hearing more about it. The pillow menu got a good reaction in a recent <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i> review but the lack of a driveway in the hotel got the thumbs down--although there are apparently usually porters waiting to grab your suitcase when you pull up on the road, and the staff will also valet park your car for nix.<p>If you're feeling sporty, which we are when we think of this Olympic Park location, then the amandak 2008-10-23T09:40:49-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/